Tag: Great White Shark

You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Catalog: Cape Cod’s Great White Shark Population Keeps Growing

7/11/2024 - By Melisa Cristina Marquez. Cape Cod, known for its scenic Americana coastline and quaint towns, has also gained recognition in recent years as a hub for shark research. Specifically scientific research revolving around one of the most iconic species: the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has been… SEE MORE

Technology Making Shark Sightings More Accurate

7/26/2022 - By Saving Seafood. With all the shark activity off Cape Cod waters so far this season, its no wonder the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife has added extra technology to make sightings even more accurate. This past weekend alone, Cape Cod waters had 12 reported shark sightings from Provincetown to… SEE MORE

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The History of Shark Week

7/22/2022 - By Linda Holmes. It's almost Shark Week. What debuted in 1988 is now TV's longest-running programming event. To celebrate, take a look back at this essay Linda Holmes wrote in 2018 about how Shark Week got its teeth. At the time the piece was written, Shark Week was in its… SEE MORE

Rhode Island Researchers Tracking 8 Young Great White Sharks

9/15/2021 - WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Researchers are hoping that eight recently released young great white sharks will yield insights into some of the questions scientists still have about the famous species. The sharks were released after being tagged with tracking devices by researchers this summer at the Atlantic Shark Institute of… SEE MORE

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When Sharks Turned Up at Their Beach, They Called in Drones

12/2/2020 - By Jackie Snow. Once rare off Southern California beaches, great white sharks are beginning to show up more often. The newcomers are mostly juvenile sharks, which prefer the warm waters closer to shore. That means many beachgoers who are now spotting sharks have never seen the predators before. “When these… SEE MORE

Two Great White Sharks Detected off Rhode Island Coast

10/21/2020 - By Melanie DaSilva. Two great white sharks were detected off the coast of Rhode Island this past month, the Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) announced on Wednesday. Seven great white sharks have now been detected this year, becoming the largest number of white sharks identified in a single season to date in this… SEE MORE

Acoustic Array Detects 4 Great White Sharks Off Block Island

7/8/2020 - By Paul Edward Parker. The Atlantic Shark Institute announced Wednesday that it has detected four great white sharks in the waters off Block Island. The institute discovered the sharks using an array of seven acoustics receivers set up as part of a long-term study of shark activity near the island,… SEE MORE